Washington D.C — Despite entering government on a promise to make life more affordable, Republicans in Congress have spent the past year doing everything but. From passing the largest cuts to Medicaid and SNAP in history to ending vital health care tax credits to imposing cost-raising tariffs, Republicans have spent their time making life less affordable for working families – all while prioritizing tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires.
Americans are starting to notice that Republicans in Congress are not looking out for them and are speaking out. Thanks to Unrig Our Economy’s ongoing accountability campaign, more and more people are seeing all the ways that congressional Republicans have made life unaffordable for families. While Republicans in Congress focus on bluster and ballrooms, we will keep the focus on working families and building a more affordable future for all.
Leor Tal, campaign director of non-profit Unrig Our Economy, said the group had spent $10m last year encouraging constituents to contact Republican lawmakers and tell them “to stop driving up costs on everything from hamburgers to healthcare to holiday gifts”.
“One vote won’t undo all they’ve done to make life more expensive for everyday Americans, like the historic healthcare cuts they have already made. But it’s safe to say they have heard their constituents’ complaints,” she said.
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About Unrig Our Economy
Unrig Our Economy is a national campaign to fix the rules of our economy to make it work for working people. We know that when the middle class does well, all of us do well — which is why we’re fighting on behalf of working Americans and holding corporations, their wealthy executives, and the politicians who enable them accountable.